GROTTAMMARE is a sea resort on the Palm Tree Riviera, boasting a beautiful landscape and a remarkable cultural and historical heritage. Grottammare has been awarded the Blue Flag by the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe, three “ Vele Blu “ by Legambiente and is included in the list of “The most beautiful villages in Italy”.

A beautiful boardwalk rich with palm, orange and oleander trees, charming with colors and scents, runs along the five Km long beach. While peacefully biking far from the traffic along the pedestrian and biking track which skirts the whole shore of the town, we can travel the Lungomare Sud (South Boardwalk, Blue Flag in 2018) embellished with colorful fountains and most original roundabouts which push out to the beach and get to the new and recently restored Lungomare Nord (North Boarwalk, Blue Flag in 2018) where a wonderful green balcony offers a view to the sea. A place where children can let off steam and have fun is the Pineta dei Bersaglieri (Bersaglieri Pine Grove), which, walking north, one meets in front of the first beach resorts. It is a wide green space where one can rest in their shadow or walk in the middle of the trees. All it takes to enjoy some moments of peaceful meditation is choosing a bench and lying down in Piazza Kursaal (Kursaal Square) in the north side of the town, the very heart of the place. About 5000 square meters, paved with travertine stone and decorated with a ground-level fountain, pine and palm trees, the square faces the beach and flows into Viale Marino (Marino boulevard). Splendid in its kind, with palm trees and a Carrara marble paving, it makes up an ideal frame to the liberty villas built in the beginning of the XX century. The boulevard does then turn into the beautiful pedestrian and biking track which winds between the rocks and the sea, and leads up to the last north beach of Grottammare, a wide, free and unpolluted area.

The Medieval historic borgo up above the main resort has fine old buildings and great views out to sea. The most remarkable monuments are: the Church of Sant’Agostino and the attractive Church of Santa Lucia, built in 1597 in memory of the town’s most famous son, Pope Sixtus V. In Piazza Peretti stand Teatro dell’Arancio and the Church of San Giovanni Battista, home to the Sistine Museum. Since 2004 the 16th century Tower of the Battle has been converted into a museum, housing an impressive collection of sculptures by Pericles Fazzini, who made the well- known “Resurrection” in the Vaticano’s Sala Nervi.

The renovated museum dedicated to Giacomo Pomili houses the artist’s earliest works and further paintings depicting legends , female characters , landscapes, etc. In summer you can stroll along Corso Mazzini, full of street markets, listen to music in Piazza Fazzini or enjoy the big Cabaret at Parco delle Rimembranze. For those who love romantic atmospheres, you can listen to classical music and learn about poetry in the old medieval village. Cinema, art and theater are other forms of entertainment for all seasons.

The most remarkable events taking place in Grottammare are : Cabaret amoremio! – International Humor Festival (August), Liszt Festival (July / August), Juttenizie – gastronomic walk (August / September) and the Living Nativity (December 26 / January 1 and 6).

Grottammare was awarded the Spiga Verde prize, due to its policies, which since many years do care both for the environmental sustainability, and, and especially, for the active involvement of citizens in activities meant to call their attention on the protection of the territory.

INFO:
Address:	Via Marconi 50 (Sede Comunale)
City:	Grottammare
Phone:	0735.631087
Fax:	0735.631087
Email:	turismo@comune.grottammare.ap.it iat.grottammare@regione.marche.it
Web site:	www.comune.grottammare.ap.it/contents/Cultura+Arte+e+Turismo/359

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